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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-12-01
CLEVER RooUERY.
A Case of Malingering Defeated by the Laws
of the Contrast of Coiors.

OF tine Contrast OF COlOrSs
"Malingering," or the imitation of
disease or disability for the purpose of
evading work or obtaining money, is a
not uncommon form of roguery. Some
times the deception is SO clever as to
be very difficult of detection, but
usually, it may be hoped. the resources
of modern science are sufficient to baf-
1e the malingerer. At Metz a short
time ago there happened one of those
accidents which are said to occur occa-
sionally even in the best regulated
workshops. A Zimmerman whilst
forging let the tool slip from his grasp.
and it struck his assistant near the left
eye. The injury was of course duly
attended to, and in few days the doc
tors declared the man to be complete
ly cured. The man, however. would
not admit the correctness of their
statement, but insisted that he had
lost the power to see with the injured
eye. Specialists examined him and
declared that the organ of sight was
uninjured, but the man steadily main
tanned that they were wrong. Various
experiments were tried without de-
cisive results. Finally, one of the ex-
perts. basing himself upon NJ. Chew
reul's investigations as to the laws of
the contrast of colors, made fresh
trial. After writing some words in
green ink upon a black screen. he
placed on the nose of the malingerer a
pair of spectacles having red glass
for the right eye and white glass for
the left eye. Now read what have
written" said the doctor, and without
the least difficulty the man read the
words.
Ibid you read that with your right
eye?" was the next question. Ser
tainly, for can not see with the left
eye at all" "You are mistaken; you
have read this with the left eye. You
can not have read green characters
upon a black ground because of the
red glass, for red is complementary
color of green. and the letters are lost
and efaced in the black ground of the
screen. 1t is therefore with the left
eye and through the white glass only
that you have read what have wrote"
When the case came before the tribu-
nal the reasoning of the specialist was
approved, and the malingerer was de-
feated in his endeavor to obtain COM
pensation for the imaginary loss of
sight in an eye with which he could
still read.-Manchester Guardian.
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NATURAL GAS WELLS.
An English Scientist Tells Why They Can
lie Considered Inexplosive.


lie Considered Inexplosive.
| We are told that dreadful conse.
| quences are likely to follow the Amer
lean enterprise of boring for natural
/! gas: that in China the Lake Foo-Chang
rests upon district that was blown VI
and all its inhabitants destroyed, and
! that the same catastrophe is imminent
in the United States unless the law
restricts further development in the
boring of so many wells, The CORE.
! spondent who sounds this note of alarm
says: Should an explosion occur,
there will be such an upheaval as will
| dwarf the most terrible of earthquakes
ever known. The country along the
gas belt from Toledo through Ohio,
Indiana and Kentucky will be ripped
! up to depth of from one thousand
two hundred to one thousand five hun
dred feet and Hoped over like pam
! cake, leaving chasm through which
the waters of Lake Erie will come
bowling down, filling the Ohio and
Mississippi Valleys, and blotting them
out forever" This is very startling.
and to many may appear very plausi-
Die, seeing that the quantity of gas that
sometimes rushes forth when these
wells are opened is SO enormous.
Those, however. who have made
practical experiments on explod-
ing such gases will not be
prevented from settling in the Ohio or
Mississippi Valley by fear of the antici-
pated catastrophe. Lecturers who, like
myself, have often shown the old popu-
lar experiment of the electrical pistol
will especially appreciate my meaning.
This is tube through which an cleo
trio spark may be passed into mix
ture of coal gas and atmospheric air.
The usual mode of showing the expert
ment is to hold the tube over gas jet
for few seconds, then cork it and pass
the spark. 1t should explode and shoot
out the cork. bu: very frequently fails,
and why? Simply because it contains
100 much gas. The lecturer. in such
case, removes the cork. blows down the
tube or otherwise removes some of the
gas, and introduces air in its place,
then tries again. and bangit goes. The
fact is that tube. n bore-hole, a gas
pipe, a gasholder. cavern or coal
mine filed or nearly filled with hydro
carbon gas is perfectly inexplosive. If
half filled with such gas it will not ex-
plode. Even at the present day the
majority of those who pass the great
gasholders (''gasometers, as they are
miscalled) of our gas works imagine
that terrible explosion would OCCUR if
a light reached their contents. The
fact is that if flaming torch were
plunged into one of them when filled
with gas the torch would be instantly
extinguished, and the gas issuing from
the hole through which the torch was
thrown would simply burn in the air.
but not in the holder. 1t would be
big gas jet and nothing further.-W.
Matticu Williams, in GentIensan's Aag-
Gzlne.
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Known and used by Physicians all over the
world. Scott's Emulsion not only gives
flesh and strength by virtue of its own nu-
tritious properties, but creates an appetite
for food that builds up the wasted |. dy. 81
have been using SCOTS Emulsion for sew
eral years, and am pleased with its action.
My patients say it is pleasant and palatable,
and all grow stronger and gain flesh from
the use of it. l use it in all cases of Vast
ing Diseases, and it is specially useful for
children when nutrient medication is
needed. as in Marasmus 1T W. PIERCE,
NJ D., Knoxville, Ala.
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A Bridge Across the Channel.

Now that the Channel tunnel scheme
has been knocked on the head, an en-
deavor is to be made-so the French
engineering journals say-to build a
bridge over the Straits of Dover. We
have heard something of the kind be-
fore, but the world is now favored with
4 few details of this interesting project
The bridge would start from point on
the French coast between Cape Grisnez
and Ambleteuse, and end at Folke-
stone. 1t would be thirty-fve Kill
ometers in length. would cost a milliard
to build, and would be completed in
seven years. 1t would be high enough
for the largest vessels to pass beneath
it, and Sin time of war it could easily
be blown up" M. Hersent, who had
a good deal to do with the cutting of
the Suez Canal, is said to be the
sponsor of this wild scheme.-St.
James Gazette.
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MORAL CONDUCT.
Some Searching Questions and Conclusive
Answers.

Some Searching Questions and Conclusive
Answers.
How does physical welfare affect moral
conducts
This question is agitating the minds Of the
best men of our country. Judges, scientists,
legislators are discussing it in private, as
well as the workingmen, the bankers, and
the clergy.
Our country, like the rest Of the world, is
fast filing up with men having anarchlcal
ideas. and with other social and political
extremists.
May not our morbid tendencies come from
disease of the mind, caused by disease of the
bodyi Are they not due to some deranged
organ, which, IN its enfeebled state, diffuses
poison through the system, thus affecting
the brain!
1t is a long established fact that bodily
disease causes most cases of insanity and
'softening of the brain" The medical pro-
fession CLAIMS that the kidneys are the
principal health-insuring organs Of the
body. If they are diseased they do not per-
form their proper functions and expel the
poisonous matters. If these are retained
and recirculated through the system they
produce most Of our common deran gements.
We have published in our columns, from
time to time. remarkable accounts Of resto-
ration to health from all manner Of disease
(even of insanity, caused as above stated
by the use OF Warmers safe cure. There is
0oAoS S-AO - 1-OSS fSPNA
edy offered for sale, and from the very best
information we can obtain, the sale Of it
continues to Increase.
Why is thisi
Public sentiment, as q rule, is fair and
just criterion. We find this safe cure in
the largest cities, and IN the most remote
parts Of the world. Its merits are pro-
claimed by the consumers, as well as the
vendors. Miss Carrie L. Wallis of Bever-
ly, Mass, is reported to have been desper-
ately i'll from general female derange-
ments for years, and TO have been restored
10, and kept in excellent health py this
wonderfully popular remedy, and Miss
Lille Stephens of 1923 Third street, Louis
vile, KY, was raised by it from her death
bed, when her physicians said she was in
durable.
A prominent gentleman, high in official
position, said to us the other day, that if he
was governor, and petition for pardon was
presented to him, he would require a thor
Ough investigation, as to the physical health
of the criminal at the time the crime was
committed. In view of such facts, the re-
concentrations of such a remedy are well
worth consideration.
The solution of the relation OF moral con-
duct to physical health, ought to be well
established in the minds of all, and our
statesmen should be prepared to meet the
issues growing out Of it when they appear.
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Better than q Hero.

"What coward that Major Smith is"
said Jones to Robinson, '.why, the very
sight of gun-powder would make him i'll.
How did he ever manage to become an Off
GER in the army''a Don't say anything
against Smith," answered Robinson, ''he
once saved my life" "Saved your ifeI
Nonsense, impossiblel What do you
mean"2 II mean that I was in the first
stages of consumption; l was losing
strength and vitality every de- with the
terrible disease, when Smith advised me to
/ had tried all kinds of medicines without
success, and my physician had given me no
hope; yet here l am, as well as ever man
was, and owe my life to Smith, and to the
wonderful remedy he recommended"
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
-Perfnme is the soul of the flower.

Perfume is the soul of the flower.
"A child never gets his bad traits
from the fathers side of the house
according to the tather.-Rarper s
Bazaar.
The human race now looks for the
man who can furnish the means by
which brass band can practice in
silence.-Gdrdep City Sentinel.
He who does the most to help his
friends will have the more friends to
hep him on up the hill and to pre-
vent his return.-Pomeroy's Advance
Thought.
Il see that x, the millionaire. is
dead. / wonder to whom his property
was left?" ''As his will is being con-
tested l think it is left to conjecture.
but the lawyers will probably get it. :"
"A man. who was very sad, once
heard two boys laughing. He asked
them: What makes you so happy"
Happy" said the elder. "Why. I
makes Jim glad and gets glad myself"
MARY" said Bliffkins. II can't
realize it. 1t seems all like long, beau
tiful drcam!" "What seems like a
dream?" inquired his wife. "You
haven't said a word for three-quarters
of an hour. "-Merchant Traveller.
-Signal-service Man Ito assistant)-
as it growing cold outsider" Yes"
"Think it's going to snow?" Il
wouldn't be surprised" "Well, wait
till you see it falling then run up the
cold-wave flag" -Teras Sittings.
The highway robber who comes to
n man face to face and single-handed
is saint compared to the one who
uses an official position to distress.
harrass. rob and impoverish to any de-
gree.-POmeroy's Adca1ce Thought.
-Fogg and Brown have entered the
City Hall. Fogg-"Who was that man
who spoke to you just now?" Brown
THAT? o. that is McFinn, one of
our city fathers" Fogg-"You don't
mean it He speaks English remark
ably we'll for city official. "-BoSton
Transcript.
Texas papers should not forget in
speaking of the train robber that these
are the times of libel suits. Indeed the
day seems fast approaching when a
testing reference to the weather will be
sufficient to nail an editOrin the courts.
In speaking of horse thief if is safe to
say gentlemanly citizen who absent
mindedly rode off on another mans
charger.-Dallas (Tcr.) LnteItigencer.
BE logical, my son. whatever else
you are. You go to the bald-headed
man for your hair-restorer; the doctor
who prescribes for your diseased stom-
ach is slowly dying of the dyspepsia.
and the preacher who exhorts you to
take no thought for the morrow has
taken lease of his house for ten years.
Then why shouldn't you expect that
the man without cent to his name or
a whole shirt to his back should be
better able than anybody else to tell
you how poverty is to be abolished?
Gentlemen, Numbered the Judge
TO the contending lawyers. this case
must be settled before the court ad-
journs. There has been dilly-dallSing
enough. Well, what is it?'' he said.
turning to court attendant who had
ventured to bespeak the judicial atten-
ton, Il am very busy" "a couple OF
political friends of yours" whispered
the attendant. ''are outside waiting for
you to join EN-" Upon further con-
sidcration," said his Honor, II declare
this court adjourned until tomorrow at
eleven O'Clock. "-EDoch.
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LAMENT of the sidewalk-"E Everybody is
down on me"

WINTER Excursions via Missouri Pacific
railway will be run to Texas, Florida and
Southern points, and to all California
Side trips from Ell Paso to City of Mexico,
with liberal stop-overs. Four daily trains
Kansas City to st. Louis, at 500 a m, 6:10
p. m, 1925 p. m, 900 p. m, with free re-
clining chairs and Pullman buffet parlor
and sleeping cars. Connections made in
Union Depot, ST. Louis (no transfers)
for all points east and south. Two
daily trains to Omaha, Nebraska City
and Lincoln. Two daily trains 10
Wichita and Kansas points. Two daily
trains to Texas and California. Five
trains to Atchison and St Joseph. Rail-
road tickets and ocean steamship tickets
TO and from ali parts of Europe.
j. II. LYON, W. P. A. Mo. Pac. Ry.,
Kansas City, Mo.
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at seeing her charms of face and form de-
parting, and her health imperiled by func-
tional Irregularities, at her critical period
OF life, was turned to joy and gratitude
Favorite Prescription. 1t purified and en-
riched her blood, gave a healthy activity to
the kidneys, stomach, bowels and other
organs, and her return to robust health
speedily followed. 1t is the only medicine
for women, sold by druggists, under pos
that it will give satisfaction in every case,
or money will be refunded. This guarantee
has been printed on the bottle-wrapper,
and faithfully carried out for many years.
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CAN'T GO BEHIND THEM.

There is great intensity of the physical
condition sometimes, and there are facts
which we cannot go behind. In lllustra-
ton further of facts which settle the points
of prompt and permanent cure, the fol-
lowing cases are cited: In 1884 Mrs. Mary
K. Sheed suffered terribly with chronic
neuralgia. She writes from lilo Maryland
Avenue, Washington, ID. C. In the first in
stance she states II suffered terribly with
neuralgia in the face; very severe attack
extending to back and shoulders; suffered
intensely. Tried ST. Jacobs Oil; had parts
well rubbed at night; in the morning all
pain gone, magically." June 10, 1887, she
writes from Oh Eleventh Street, S. W., as
follows: -Four years ago | sent you vol
unrary certificate setting forth the fact that
had been a great sufferer with neuralgia in
my face neck and shoulders. ! obtained a
bottle of st. Jacobs Oil, and after three ap-
plications / was entirely relieved from all
pain, and from that time to the present
have never had a return. The effect was
miraculous" Again, Feb. 6, 1887, Mr.. r.
G. Troll, st. Louis Mo-, writes: "In March,
1881, 1 suffered terribly with neuralgia had
suffered nearly three years. Applied st.
Jacobs Oil at SIS A. NJ. at $40 took the
rag of; at 8 A. NJ. went to work. In less
than five minutes after that the pain was
gone. The one application cured me. Have
not had return of it since" Mr.. e. w.
Spangler, York, Pa, June II, 1887, writes !:
"Years ago had neuralgia am not subject TO
it now. The cure by the use of st. Jacobs
Oil was permanent. There has been no re-
currence of the painful affiiction." Chas.
W. Law, Jr., Pottstown, Pa, April 10, 1887,
writes: ''Was troubled for years with neu-
ralgia in neck and head. Tried ST. Jacobs
Oil; had tried different kinds of remedies
without effect One bottle of the former did the
business. No return of pain and aches" In
almost every instance the reports are the same.
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CURIOUS CEREMONY,
How the Mennonite Dunkards Select ThefI
Spiritual Leaders.


An interesting ceremony took place
recently among the Mennonite Dunk.
ards of the Bowmansville district.
I They met in solemn convention for the
purpose of selecting one of their mum.
Der whose duty it would be to preach
for them every Sunday for certain
number of years. They have no regu-
larry ordained ministers, although the
sectis large and quite wealthy, made
up of solid and substantial agriculture
lists. They dress in the simplest man.
ner, and their religious services fire.
quently are held at their various farm
houses, where the visitors, who come in
conveyances for miles around, are most
Hospitality entertained. When a va
cancy occurs, by death or by expira-
ton of term OF ministerial service, cam
didates for successor are named at
various meetings of the elders. These
candidates are selected from out the
best members of their own congrega-
ton. No man is allowed to be put on
the list who is not in every way worthy
and acceptable to all the church direc-
tors. Then, when all the candidates
have been named within certain
specified time the time for the selection
is set apart.
The recent allotment was largely at
tended. People came from the farms
for fifteen miles around. There were
ten candidates named, all of whom
were present. dressed in somber black
suits and broad-brimmed hats. Ten
Bibles were on a desk ut the end of the
room. In one of those Bibles was
placed a thin white card, and the Bibles
were then well mixed by the elders, SO
that no one knew which contained the
card. After brief service of singing
and PRAYER. an address was delivered
beseeching God'to bless the proceedings
and direct the allotment so that the
servant of the Lord who drew the card
would be able and willing to serve
Heaven and the people. Its generally
understood that several of the candi-
U3lSS dTt nduleu d31tlISG IuclT VIII, DuG
if they are proposed and accepted they
must draw lots.
At the proper time the ten candidat es
reverently approached the Bibles. and
each took one of the books in his right
hand and then slowly took his seat.
Then in prayer he slowly opened his
Bible, and. turning to the announced
chapter in the New Testament, he
searched for his card. The candidate
who found the card then slowly arose,
made brief address, delivered prayer,
and. after singing, the ceremony was
closed. His family and relatives re-
joiced at the farm house. and held
praise meeting. In due time he will
make known his hours for service. and
hereafter all his worldly employment
must be made secondary to his new
life. Henry E Good was selected. He
is a farmer, aged forty-6ve years
Reading (Pd.J Cor NJ T. Sun.
-Mother (r eadin01- ssFrapce uses
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SAFE, permanent and complete are the
cures of bilious and intermittent diseases,
made by Prickly Ash Bitters. Dyspepsia,
general debility, habitual constipation, liver
and kidney complaints are speedily eradi-
Gated from the system. 1t disinfects,
cleanses and eliminates all malaria. Health
and vigor are obtained more rapidly and
permanently by the use of this great natural
antidote than by any other remedy hereto
fore known. As blood purifier and tonic
it brings health, renewed energy and vital
ity to a worn and diseased body.
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Reinstated I

Hard indeed is the lot Of the unfortunate
toiler who, in consequence of i'll health,
loses the task which won him and his fam.
lily bread But recovered through the aid
of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, and rein.
stated IN his lost place, how he must bless
the great restorativel 1t is incompatible
for debility, rheumatism, kidney and blad,
der complaints, fever and ague, and bilious
nacS
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Three Bottles Cure Catarrh.

ELI ROBBINS. RtnyGn p. o.. Columbia Co..
Pa, SAYS: my daughter had catarrh when
she was five years old, very badly. / saw Dr.
SaRe's Catarrh Remedy advertised, and pro-
cured 3 bottle for her, and soon saw that il
helped her; a third bottle effected perma-
nent cure. She is now eighteen years old and
sound and hearty"
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YoUNG Mr. Algernon Pell-'T want to get
pair of low shoes" New Boy-"Yessir;
something for about seventy-fve cents.'-
Iid-Bnk
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II FEEL very much put out by such dis
courteous treatment" said the small boy
who had just made quick exit from the an
CRY farmers apple-orchard- Golden Days.
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hide, and people hide their heads now, FIRE
quently.-Iezds Sjffings
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IF / can not have the fat of the land,
can take little lean" said philosophical
tramp as he leaned against lamp post
n y LedQer
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PooTs explained to friend that the rea-
son he didn't object to the bartender blow
ing the foam of his glass of beer, was be-
cause he didn't like to be seen blowing his
own horn SiyfdeG&
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DoS'T hawk, and blow, and spit, but use
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
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THE school-boy who tries in vain to con
jugate verbs is a frst-rate example of in
tense stupidity. Traceler.
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A Young Girls Grief

BANANA and bonanza sound q good deal
alike and they are both mighty slippery
Wu Sbiaofon Hrific
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A JUDGE was recently MANNED, para
doxical as it may appear, by the cour
plaster falling on him.-Puck.
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'BE composed" as the type-sticker sale
to the copy.-Tezas Siftings.
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THROAT DISEASES commence with Cough
Cold or Sore Throat. " BrO,cn's Bronckid
1roches" give immediate relief. Sold onl
in boxes. Price % cts.
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A CALF can not go into society without
revealing himself
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SHIPS are frequently on speaking terms
and they lie to.
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"DusT thou art to dust returneth," re-
marked the servant girl, as she picked up
the feather brush-kerehaaf TravrLer.
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THE Pleasure of the bath is greatly en-
HANGED by using Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, SOC. The best
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No PART of a man will stand as many
blows as his nose.
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''OUR fee is going off like hot cakes" says
an ice dealer. Hot cakes of ice must be
something of noveltv-Te1Gs SiftiRQS.
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A CHICAGO druggist retailed over 10O, 900
" Tansilrs Punch ~ sc Cigars in four months